Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 442 Five-Star Fish
A few lines of information flashed by, but Li Wei just chuckled.

Not at all serious.

He had gone to great lengths, using the Heaven-Covering Card to conceal his true intentions until now, and was about to reap the rewards. How could he possibly reveal himself now?

Over the past few months, he has indeed activated a Sky-Covering Card every fifteen days.

The entire screen was filled with garbled text.

The cost was too high. Fortunately, the Necromancers also liked to carry the Sky-Covering Cards, otherwise there wouldn't be enough.

But no matter what, we must hold out until the winter wheat harvest in early June.

As for now, the wilderness camp is about to officially begin spring plowing. Li Wei ordered that daily training be halved, with guards of the farmer profession going to cultivate the land, guards of the woodcutter profession going to cut down trees in groups, and guards of the blacksmith profession going to forge weapons. The ten tons of enchanted steel from before are still waiting to be made into weapons.

Perhaps these blacksmiths can only forge one-star enchanted weapons in the end, completely wasting ten tons of enchanted steel, but it doesn't matter. Their real intention is not what it seems; it's all about improving their class's stats.

In short, wilderness camps now need to take a step forward.

In addition, Li Wei also rummaged through his pockets and took out all the passage tokens. After careful consideration, he broke them down into 120 bronze tokens and rewarded them to the 120 best-trained and most capable guards, thus upgrading their first profession to three stars. This was very important.

-

March, the warm spring month, is the perfect time of year.

Within the Blazing Territory, the agricultural group had already begun this year's planting plan, and the farmland belonging to individuals had all started spring planting.

Food security is of paramount importance.

Even in the public farm north of the Blazing Flame City, Second Aunt, Li Yue, Hathaway, and Zhao Xuanxuan would take a few days to personally plant crops.

In the market of the Blazing Territory, the price of one-star quality food has increased twentyfold compared to three years ago, making it unaffordable for ordinary people. Only the knights who made significant contributions to the development of the territory are exempt from this concern.

Even so, you can only get one-star quality food. To regularly get two-star quality food, you must first join the Flame Legion.

This was something Li Wei had done before he left. The Flame Legion had to be ready to launch expeditions to the heavens at any time and be ready to die in battle at any time. Wars couldn't always be fought on their doorstep. Territories needed to develop, and lords and advisors needed to grow. It was useless to always rely on passive counterattacks.

It's fine if the enemy attacks our doorstep, but what if they don't?
Therefore, even in the current Blazing Territory, the division is proceeding quietly, with the extraordinary remaining extraordinary and the ordinary remaining ordinary. This is not just a slogan.

This also prepares for future conquest missions and territory upgrade missions.

Several hundred years from now, the planet where the Blazing Territory is located will most likely return to normal, becoming prosperous, civilized, and rational like Earth. The history from several hundred years ago may be deliberately forgotten, it's that simple.

"Damn it! That old hag Night Owl is here again!"

At that moment, Second Aunt, who was happily farming with everyone, suddenly cursed. The next moment, a cloud of gray mist spread out under the shade of the trees in front, and the owl had indeed appeared.

"Jiang Xinran, that's enough! Are you out of your mind? Li Wei isn't in our territory, we don't have the relevant authority. If you're so capable, go find him!" Second Aunt scolded rudely.

This is the third time since last winter.

She had only one purpose in seeking out Li Wei: to request the Fiery Legion to assist in the defense of Thorn Pass, simply because one of her main legions had been withdrawn by Duke Will to support the King.

As the territory directly under the control of Thorn Pass, the Blazing Territory also has the responsibility to assist in the defense of Thorn Pass.

However, Li Wei could not be found; he was nowhere to be seen, neither alive nor dead. She also did not have higher authority to check the main battlefield. At present, she could only confirm that Li Wei was hiding in the main battlefield and was using the "Covering the Sky" card to exploit a bug.

"Stop acting like a shrew! What else can you do besides throw a tantrum? You have no idea what the situation is. His Majesty the King is determined to win, the three dukes are following suit, the main battlefield is a complete mess, both sides are desperate, and you're still trying to exploit a bug here? If I hadn't covered for you, do you think Li Wei's bug would have been exploited by a large-scale investigation spell in the capital?"

"Anyway, I'm going to say this now, I can't take it anymore. You must replace Li Wei and lead the Flame Legion to defend Thorn Pass within three days. This is the only acceptable outcome. And I want to warn you that something big will happen in the next few months. This is like His Majesty the King undergoing a tribulation. We all have to help. No one can escape it. Me too, you too, and Li Wei too!"

Night Owl's face was ashen, and she was getting increasingly agitated; she was truly losing her temper.

Last winter, His Majesty the King personally oversaw the battle, with the three dukes leading the army. They had already captured two important passes of the Neanderthals in one fell swoop, and were now gathering troops to attack the third pass. The number of casualties had exceeded 200,000. Although most of them could be resurrected soon, what about the losses? Half a lifetime of hard work, all lost in one battle.

Even she couldn't understand what His Majesty the King was doing or what he was planning, but at this moment she could only tough it out! Hearing her words, Second Aunt Li Yue finally changed her expression, knowing that she couldn't delay any longer. The mercenaries in Ver City had suffered terribly in the past six months, with each of them dying twice in battle.

If Li Wei hadn't been away from home, and if they hadn't actually had some connection and trade dealings, Night Owl would have really covered for him, saying that Li Wei was serving in Thorn Pass, and Flame Territory would probably be on the battlefield dying before coming back.

“Three hundred men, the Flame Legion will send three hundred men, I will lead the army, along with Thomas, to help defend Thorn Pass, but regarding Li Wei, I hope you can keep it a secret for a while longer.”

Li Yuefei spoke quickly.

"Four hundred, half cavalry and half infantry. Zhao Xuanxuan also has to go. Thorn Pass needs a blacksmith like her. Don't worry, there will be plenty of benefits. However, you'd better be prepared to go to the main battlefield. This will be a war that affects the whole country. No one can escape it. Once the situation becomes serious enough, the Nine Star Council of the All-Heavens Lords Alliance will intervene. Make more preparations, survive, and make it to the end of the war. By then, I can become a duke, and Li Wei can at least become an earl."

After finishing speaking, Night Owl handed a troop mobilization document to Li Yue and hurriedly left.

Second Aunt, Li Yue, Hathaway, and Zhao Xuanxuan looked at each other in surprise.

"We need to expand our army. The Flame Legion is the main force, but it only has three hundred heavy cavalry and three hundred heavy infantry. If it really is a war involving the entire nation, our forces won't even make a sound!"

"We can't expand. These 600 full-time soldiers are already the maximum. Don't be fooled by our 800 regular garrison troops; they can't fight this kind of battle. Besides, it's not time for forced conscription yet. The most urgent task is to start from other aspects."

"Potions, emblems, enchanted weapons, enchanted armor—we need to stockpile these in large quantities. Otherwise, if soldiers die on the battlefield, even though there are temples where they can be resurrected, their weapons and equipment will most likely be lost, not to mention class cards... Sigh!"

The group sighed deeply, all filled with worry. However, they all tacitly refrained from mentioning Li Wei. They weren't worried about him; even if he had died in battle, he would surely be resurrected.

But since he hasn't even been resurrected yet, it means that this kid is hiding somewhere in the shadows. Well, hiding is probably the best thing for him. Otherwise, the Blazing Territory would probably have been conscripted and thrown onto the main battlefield long ago.

Alas! A grain of sand in the sands of time, once it falls, even a viscount cannot withstand it!

-

At this moment, Li Wei is observing the celestial phenomena on the riverbank two hundred miles away from the wilderness camp, and also fishing.

Last winter, in order to train the Imperial Guard, he opened all the purple cards he had, and the star-level food inside, along with the food he carried, was almost completely used up.

This left him with a lot of ordinary food left over, enough to last for more than a month. However, that wasn't enough, so he took advantage of the warm spring weather and the thawing of the river to go out fishing.

But at this moment, his mind was not on fishing; instead, he was gazing at the night sky, trying to find some clues about the front lines.

Since last winter, he had indirectly sensed that the chaotic magical particles on this planet were slowly increasing, and by spring, this rate was accelerating. If it were an ordinary person, they would have already felt some discomfort at this moment.

However, the people on Li Wei's side all had at least 150 health points, so they had a strong resistance to this amount of magical radiation.

However, for other creatures on this planet, such as ordinary insects, birds, fish, shrimp, and other small animals, this level of magical radiation is enough to cause them to mutate.

Such mutations could either cause them to suddenly become extinct or they could become unrecognizable. For example, mosquitoes that dare to come out and bite people in early spring—Li Wei could easily catch a blood-red mosquito with a flick of his wrist. It was quite arrogant, and he didn't even know whose blood it had sucked.

After crushing the fish and throwing it into the water, Li Wei continued fishing with undivided attention. His fishing tools consisted of a line and a Neanderthal gold coin, which served as bait. He wasn't catching ordinary fish.

Only large fish that have undergone mutations will be attracted.

So he wasn't in a hurry at all.

After sitting idly all night without any results, Li Wei reeled in his fishing line at dawn, only to find that the Nepalese gold coin had vanished.

He was used to this, so he changed to a new Neanderthal coin, went to another spot, and continued fishing, or rather, he was just handing out coins.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, you can exchange four or five Neanderthal gold coins in a morning; other times, if you're unlucky, you might only exchange one all night.

Before he knew it, Li Wei had been fishing by this river for more than ten days without catching a single loach. Instead, he had lost nearly five hundred Neanderthal gold coins.

Finally, one afternoon, dark clouds gathered, spring thunder roared, and chaotic magical particles vibrated endlessly in the world. At this moment, known as a great change in the primordial energy, waves rose from the ground in the great river, and giant waves transformed into divine dragons. A giant fish at least ten meters long swam upstream and rushed towards Li Wei. At this moment, he actually had as many as a thousand Neanderthal gold coins in his hand. These things not only shone with golden light, but also carried pure magic power, making them an irresistible delicacy for all mutated creatures.

(End of this chapter)